a simple way to sum a result from UNION in MySql

Question

I have a union of three tables (t1,t2,t3). Each rerun exactly the same number of records, first column is id, second amount:

1  10
2  20
3  20

1  30
2  30
3  10

1  20
2  40
3  50

Is there a simple in sql way to sum it up to only get:

1   60
2   80
3   80

Answer 1

SELECT id, SUM(amount) FROM
(
    SELECT id, SUM(amount) AS `amount` FROM t1 GROUP BY id
  UNION ALL
    SELECT id, SUM(amount) AS `amount` FROM t2 GROUP BY id
) `x`
GROUP BY `id`

I groupped each table and unioned because i think it might be faster, but you should try both solutions.

Answer 2

select id, sum(amount) from (
    select id,amount from table_1 union all
    select id,amount from table_2 union all
    select id,amount from table_3
) x group by id

Answer 3

Subquery:

SELECT id, SUM(amount)
FROM ( SELECT * FROM t1
       UNION ALL SELECT * FROM t2
       UNION ALL SELECT * FROM t3
     )
GROUP BY id